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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Tuesday, December 01, 2015 - 7:16 pm 
Honest to God, Kirsten Dunst is so bad-ass in this show, she should get nominated for something. And funny while she's at it too, lol. Best part she's ever had, I believe.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, December 01, 2015 - 10:39 pm
Totally agree! She has never been better in anything else. The show actually grows dim whenever she's not on the screen. Last night's episode -- laughed my head off, especially when she punctuated her authority with that knife! 
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Marameko
Member
07-14-2002
| Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 6:05 am
I can hardly wait for next week ....that Indian is small but mighty and quite menacing in his appearance. Was anyone else surprised at the person he shot at the cabin ? How will he explain that ?
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 7:27 pm
Uncle_ricky, you've got me laughing again thinking about Peggy teaching that big oaf manners. And then, the way she turns to Ed with a "Hi hon!" and beaming smile. Oh yes, Peggy has definitely "actualized" herself. She's totally, deliciously bonkers and yes, she does light up the screen when she's on. I love this show. And the cinematography has been simply awesome so far.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 4:14 am
You totally nailed it Holly - Peggy is "deliciously bonkers."
What was up with Hanzee shooting Dodd?
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Bowl4sport
Member
07-21-2008
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 12:14 am
Did Fargo just jump the shark? Don't want to spoil but 'those lights'?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 12:27 am
We knew it was going to materialize again at some point since it was in the first ep, too.
But I don't get it either.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 12:54 am
....and we still don't know what's up with Hanzee.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 7:44 am
DUring the late 70's there were numerous "UFO" sighting in that area of the country. That's why we have gotten them a couple of times during the series.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 12:26 pm
Kona is right. If you scroll up to Tishala's post of November 4th, she shared a link that has information on a specific sighting that an officer named Val Johnson had in Fargo. I'd repost the link here but I don't know how to post links. It's an interesting read.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 3:49 pm
Here's the true story (according to Val Johnson, UFO witness) that the UFO in Fargo is supposed to be based upon. Granted, the ball of light in Val's story was a lot less impressive than what Fargo presented, but, hey, that's just poetic license! 
Whatever happened to the Marshall County cop who hit a UFO?
At 1:40 a.m. 36 years ago, Marshall County Sheriff's Deputy Val Johnson was on night patrol along a rural section of State Highway 220 near Warren, Minn., when he drove into a ball of white light.
"I noticed a very bright, brilliant light, 8 to 12 inches in diameter, 3 to 4 feet off the ground," Johnson said in a taped police interview. "The edges were very defined."
Johnson drove toward the light, and woke up in the ditch a half-hour later with burns around his eyes. The windshield and one headlight of his 1977 Ford LTD were smashed. Both radio antenna were bent sharply back. The watch on his wrist and the clock on the dash both ticked 14 minutes slow.
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http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/08/26/minnesota-deputy-squad-car-ufo-mystery
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 3:56 pm
The funniest moment in this episode was when the heavy sheriff was questioning the Blumquists and he said Ed was "stupid" and Pegyy suddenly says (in her very stern "you-better-watchg-it-mister" voice), "Hey!" (Everyone who has a mother has heard that sharp warning at some point.)
The guy was lucky Peggy was tied up and didn't have something pointy in her hand! I swear, I had to replay that moment about 3 or 4 times!
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 4:27 pm
When the season began I didn't have very high expectations about what Kirsten Dunst would deliver to the role. Now that we've all gotten to see just how good she is, I really think she's been as good this season as Billy Bob Thornton was in season one. Absolutely mesmerizing. Totally agree about the "Hey!" San Fran!
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Jennywa
Member
07-17-2003
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 5:04 pm
This show keeps getting better, if that's possible!
My favorite line was when ED and Peggy are escaping near the end and Ed looks up at the UFO and says, "What's that?" And Peggy says, "Oh, that's just a UFO".
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 7:37 pm
This last episode...WOW!!
How many episodes left?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 7:44 pm
One, Lakecat. 
ETA- On the bright side, there will be a season 3, according to imdb.com!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, December 08, 2015 - 8:59 pm
we agree, Kirsten should get an Emmy nom for "Peggy".
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, December 14, 2015 - 10:36 pm
Well, DH and I weren't thrilled with the slow burn ending. As a matter of a fact, when I turned to him to see his reaction to the ending, he was flipping off the TV.
I'm going to re-watch the finale when I have a chance to see if there is something we missed that makes it more interesting.
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, December 14, 2015 - 11:50 pm
So good. So very, very good. The finale quietly closed the story of each and every character in such a human way. In a way, each story was a surprise to me. From the evil killer ending up in a corporate job, to the young Camus-reading girl learning a life lesson from the dying mom. Loved the finale . Loved the whole season, every character and every actor.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, December 14, 2015 - 11:55 pm
If all my shows "quietly closed out", I would really be ticked off.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:29 am
I have to admit, I was left scratching my head at the end of the finale. I did like it but I was left with unanswered questions regarding Hanzee. So, I did an internet search on tonight's finale and read a Vanity Fair review that did help to answer my questions. Once my questions were answered, I felt better about the quiet ending and I'm totally okay with it.
Bring on Fargo, Season 3!!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 4:25 am
Eggie, I was also left scratching my head. I guess I'm going to have to google that Vanity Fair review because I was also curious about Hanzee (and Peggy).
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:00 pm
Add me to the head-scratchers list! But I'm hoping they left Peggy and Hanzee open-ended to guarantee their return for season three. (Fingers crossed!).
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:08 pm
I'm ready for next season....according to IMDB.COM, there is a season 3.
During this whole season, I kept expecting to see Lou get shot in the hip...in season one that character was played by Keith Carridine and he had that limp so I was sure that would be addressed this season. It wasn't and that was a pleasant surprise because it just reminded me that one cannot always predict the storyline on Fargo! Yay for unpredictability!
I'm glad I waited until after the finale to read an interview in the TV Guide with Patrick Wilson who played Lou this season. He said something like (paraphrased) - Don't necessarily expect to see Lou get shot in the hip or see his wife die in the finale because this season takes place in 1979 and a lot of stuff can happen between then and the time frame of season one.
That makes me believe that season 3 will fill in all the blanks....unless they decided on several more seasons to really do it up right!
I was fine with the slower, wind-down finale...the last thing I'd want from a Coen Brothers inspired story would be a cliffhanger! Besides, the final episode was very much in keeping with the laid back, no nonsense attitude most of the characters demonstrated all season anyhow. This season started slow and had to wind up to everything that happened in the last several episodes, so the winding back down worked very well for me. (Poor Milligan  )
Excellent end to another great season!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 1:22 pm
SFJF.. it is killing me to know what happened with Peggy and Hanzee. I was dying laughing when Peggy asked if she could be charged with a federal crime so she could be transferred to a prison north of San Francisco overlooking the bay. I'm assuming she was talking about Alcatraz but I thought that was always men's prison.
I don't know who the actor was that played Milligan - but he was outstanding. He was always so cool, calm and collected, and then he could kill someone five seconds later, and then go smoke a cigarette. He was absolutely brilliant.
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